Pitcher

(noun.) the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit; 'he has played every position except pitcher'; 'they have a southpaw on the mound'.

(noun.) an open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring.

(noun.) (baseball) the person who does the pitching; 'our pitcher has a sore arm'.

(noun.) (botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer.

(noun.) the quantity contained in a pitcher.

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• They were about the size of those seen in old-fashioned country hotels for holding the wash-bowl and pitcher. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Oliver got up; walked across the room; and stooped for an instant to raise the pitcher. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Miss Gage brought a pitcher of water and a glass. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• She drew a pitcher of beer from the cask for the soldiers, and invited the sergeant to take a glass of brandy. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Jo's one strong point was the fruit, for she had sugared it well, and had a pitcher of rich cream to eat with it. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The personage on the well-brink now seemed to accost her; to make some request:--She hasted, let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him to drink. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Thou hadst best empty thy pitcher ere thou pass it to a Saxon, and leave thy money at home ere thou walk in the greenwood. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• She approached the basin, and bent over it as if to fill her pitcher; she again lifted it to her head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• And she deposited the cup on the carpet, like a jailor putting a prisoner's pitcher of water through his cell-door, and retreated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Babe Ruth was a pitcher then playing for Boston. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There's a pitcher of water in the corner by the door. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• But canst thou construe me this, Sir Knight--When is thy wine-pitcher and thy purse better empty than full? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Now, dear Pa,' said Bella, taking him by both ears as if he were a pitcher, and conveying his face to her rosy lips, 'we are in for it! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• And applying his black beard to the pitcher, he took a draught much more moderate in quantity than his encomium seemed to warrant. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• About one-third of his salary was used up in paying for pitchers. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• His main object in life seemed to be acquiring the art of throwing up wash-pitchers and catching them without breaking them. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Also the beer in pitchers all through the afternoon, the beer sweating in its coldness in pitchers the size of water jugs. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.

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